[quote=HenryG]Are there any left in the body of water your fishing? Wow what a catch🇺🇸😀👍[/quote

Like the Keebler Elves, "they'll make more" harvesting blugills just lets the ones left grow faster. The BEST bluegill ponds are the ones with a large bass population. The bass eat most of the small bluegill allowing the rest to grow to decent size. If you put only bluegill in a new pond, (no bass or other predators, you wind up with a pond full of 3 inch bluegill that will never grow larger. So heat up the grease and enjoy!

There are MANY members of the sunfish family. A little research will reveal which species you have in hand. Bluegills and rock bassare the most widespread, redear mainly in the south, along with warmouth (stumpknockers) flier, and longear. Pumkinseeds are mostly found in the northern states. The redbreast sunfish is mainly a stream and river fish. Learning to ID the different species might enhance your enjoyment of the fishing experience. It does for me.

Knots get tired. Best to cut off the terminal tackle and retie. 1 or 2 min. At most.

Any of the bridges locally, sometimes the surf is good. Bluefish, Whiting. I used to fish there a lot years ago. Check at the local bait stores for fresh info. Night fishing on the bridges can be very good.